Salamander (1928 film)
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| Directed by | Grigori Roshal |
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Salamander (Russian: Саламандра, romanized: Salamandra) is a 1928 Soviet-German silent biopic film directed by Grigori Roshal and starring Bernhard Goetzke, Natalya Rozenel and Nikolay Khmelyov.[1]
Plot[]
The film is based on real events and reveals the tragic episodes from the life of the Austrian biologist scientist-materialist Paul Kammerer (1880-1926), hunted by regressive scientists and Catholic reactionaries who committed suicide.
The film is set in Leipzig, Germany, which is ruled by clergy and aristocracy, at a time when fascism is starting to emerge, and the working class is forced to live in poverty. Professor Zange is employed here and he is one of the few who sympathizes with the poor.
The scientist uses salamanders for his experiments and learns that their inheritance is dependent on external factors. As he makes this discovery he becomes a menace to the existing political system and the clergy conspires with the aristocracy to get rid of him.
Cast[]
- Bernhard Goetzke as Professor Zange
- Natalya Rozenel as Felicia, his wife
- Nikolay Khmelyov as Prince Ruprecht Karlstein, fascist
- Sergey Komarov as Pater Brzhezinskiy, jesuit
- Vladimir Fogel as baron-reactionist
- Aleksandr Chistyakov as Prayer, pressman
- Mikhail Doller as Filonov, Zange's assistant
- as Bertha, Zange's assistant
- Anatoli Lunacharsky
References[]
- ^ Christie & Taylor p.440
Bibliography[]
- Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge, 2012.
External links[]
- Salamander at IMDb
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- 1928 films
- 1920s biographical drama films
- Soviet biographical drama films
- German biographical drama films
- Biographical films about scientists
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- Soviet silent feature films
- German silent feature films
- Films directed by Grigori Roshal
- Films set in Leipzig
- German black-and-white films
- 1928 drama films
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